Is there really opium in fernet?

[texxaslonghorn]

The latest daily URL says that opium used to be the main ingredient in fernet and that it's still there, just less of it. Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge? That sounds crazy, but who knows?

 

[texxaslonghorn]

and wormwood and codeine? wtf?

 

[Celia]

It says there used to be, until the drug reforms around prohibition time....didn't read it in full, stopped right there!

 

[Lucas]

5 Things your mother never told you about Fernet Branca​

Also...from Wikipedia

Products no longer sold under medicinal claims

Some consumer products were once marketed as patent medicines, but have been repurposed and are no longer sold for medicinal purposes. Their original ingredients may have been changed to remove drugs, as was done with Coca-Cola. The compound may also simply be used in a different capacity, as in the case of Angostura Bitters, now associated chiefly with cocktails.

7-Up
Angostura Bitters
Bovril
Buckfast Tonic Wine
Coca-Cola
Dr Pepper
Fernet Branca
Hires Root Beer
Moxie brand soda
Tonic water